Advertiser and card-holder



(No Model.)

' J. M. HUBBARD.

' ADVERTISER AND CARD HOLDER.

110.319.720. PateptedJune 9,1885.

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UNITED STATES ATENT Tries,

JOHN M. HUBBARD, OF LAKE VILLAGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

I ADVERTI SER AND CARD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1Y0. 319,720, dated June 9,1885.

Application filed October 22, 1884. (No model) To aZZ.whm it mayconcern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. HUBBARD, of Lake Village, in the county ofBelknap and Sta e of New Hampshire, have invented a 5 new and ImprovedAdvertiser and Card- Holder, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new andimproved holder forbusiness-cards,

1o advertising-cards of all kinds, and separate letters formingadvertisements, 860., which cards can readily be placed on the holder orremoved from the same.

The invention consists of a board divided into fields or spaces bytransverse ridges, and on the side edges of which board two pins aresecured at each field, on which pins cords are held which pass over thefields and hold cards in place between the ridges.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved advertiser and card-holder. Fig.2 is an edge view of part of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssect-ional viewof part of the same.

On the face of the board A a series of horizontal strips,B, are secured,which form ridges, and whereby a series of horizontal spaces, 0, areformed on the said board.

From each edge of the board A two headed pins,D,project at the end ofeach space or field C-one pin at the top and the other at the 5 bottom.1

Endless elastic cords-or bands E are passed over the pins D, so that thesaid cords or bands extend over the faces of the fields or spaces at thetop and bottom.

If desired, the said bands or cords may be secured permanently on thepins on one edge of the board.

The cards F, which may be of any desired length and on which one or moreletters may be produced, are of such height that they fit 5 in betweentwo strips B.

The elastic cords E are removed from the pins D on one edge of theboard, the cards are placed on the board and between two strips B, andthe cords stretched over the cards and passed over the pins D again,whereby the cords or bands are drawn taut over the cards and hold themin place. The cards can be placed and secured on the holder very easilyand can be removed very readily.

The holder is provided with means for hanging it.

The cords E only pass over the upper and lower parts of the cards, anddo not pass over any of the letters.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a board having transverse ridges secured to orformed there- 65 on, of elastic cords held at their opposite ends to theboard, and extending across the same between and independent of theridges, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a board divided into a series of fields orspaces formed by transverse ridges on the face of the board, of two pinson the side edges of the board at the end of each field, and of elasticbands or cords held on the pins and extending over the fields,substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN M; HUBBARD.

Witnesses:

E. H. BLAISDELL, J. M. SANBORN.

